Important Terms
German war strategy "Lightning War"
Blitzkrieg
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
The Battle of Britain occurred where?
Dont think too hard
Britain
What did the USA do to Japan which caused the Pearl Harbor attack?
Trade Embargo
Japan war strategy involving suicidal planes
Kamikaze
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
Name the two beaches that the US invaded in Normandy?
Utah & Omaha
What country was invaded on September 1st 1939?
Poland
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Out of the Axis powers, who lost the most men?
Germany
What future American president led the Allied forces in WWII
Eisenhower
Nickname for the D-Day OPERATION
Operation Overlord
What type of government did Japan, Germany and Italy have?
Fascist
A policy of giving in to another to please them and avoid war or a conflict.
Appeasement
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
Which Battle was the most costliest in terms of casualties for the USA
Battle of the Bulge
Name the German Propaganda Minister
Joseph Goebbels
The attempt to exterminate the Jewish race by the Germans.
Not "The Holocaust"
The Final Solution
What was the major difference of the Allies and Axis in the form of government?
The Allies were mostly Democratic and the Axis were Facist.
What dictator was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
This will be the last major battle in the Pacific
Okinawa
Deadliest battle of the entire war?
Stalingrad